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INDEX DEVICE.

Application led .Tilly 1'?, i916.

To dif/whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES H. RAND, :i citizen of tbe United States, andcisident of North Tonawanda, in the county el Niagara end State of NewYork, here invented new and iis-etui innknovenicnts in index Devites, ofwhich the following is e specification.

This invention relates to indexes ot the socalled visible index typehaving e trame in which supported e series of cards in spaced relation`with their free edges pro|ecting` one beyond another.

In the accompanying drawings Vwhich illustrate certain embodiments ofthe invention,-

Figure l is e face View containing the a'f;

2 is an enlarged detail in` vertical 'oss section of one el the sheeths.end the card removably beld thereby;

Fig. 3 is a tace View of the forni ot card Shown in 2, the saine beingunfolded;

Fig. i is e perspective View ot' part of seid card folded in theincliner hereinafter dew scribed;

Fig. 5 is e. sectional detail -View similar `to Fig. 2 showing amodification ot the i`nvention; end

Fig. 6 is e similar sectional View showing another modification.

A represents the index frame which may be of nena-l construction and hasan inwardly turned ,guide flange a. et each side forming a. peil ofopposed guide channels :tor reiceiying the card supporting; ineens.

l represents the card which is mede with 'two parallel end oppositefolds near one margin, seid folds being elong scored or otherwiseweakened on defined lines ZI and b2, and forming an indicator section Ziand en intermediate section s by which the indicator section b isconnected tothe body of By thus folding such sections in oppositedirections on parallellines, the front 'fece of the indicator section bis :termed ot the trent faceof the cerd, so that in placing theinscription on the indicator of pert ofen index invention, partly brokensection Zi the Writing Whether done by hand or by machine, is on end sothat when the the `sheath it may be tened out for the inscriptioneppeering on the margin. of the the face the card, carol is removed tromstraal` htened or let- Specicetion of Letters Patent.

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:Serial llo. 169,765.

front face of the card. ln the form shown in `Figs. 2, il 'and l; thetwo sections L and o nre ot substantially the saine breadth.

lach card is held by a sheath oi. transparent resilient material such assheet celluloid haring a closed front fece c :1nd inturned retaining'lips lengthwise ot its longer sides. ln the forni shown in Fig. 2. thelower retaining lip is rearwardly bent as shown at c' shown at ct. and[he upper retaining lip is rearwardly bent as shown at o" and inwardlybent :is shown et c", said retaining lips and c overlapping each otherin substantially parallel relation with the lip c* on the outer or reerSide. The oppositely folded sections oi the card are held in the sheath,in the 'forni shown in 2, with both the indicator section 7) and theinterniediete section o held in the space between the front tace c ofthe sheath and the forward inturned lip c2, the fold b2 extending,`around the edge ol lip c and the body of the card B extending outwardfrom the sheath through the space between the two lips. Thus, the cardbody extends from the rear side oli' the sheath while the indicator`section ZJ is odset from the plane of the card body by ineens oit theconnectingr or inten mediate section b3, so that the face of theindicator section is positioned close to the front face c ol. thesheath.

in the forni shown in Figi. 5, the lower retaining lip c" of the sheathis bent backwerdly terminating; as shown without any inwardly bentportion corresponding to c2, while the upper lip composed of the partso3 and c4 is the saine as in Fig. 2. In this torni thc opposite folds ofthe card may .be placed closer together 'forming an indicator sectioni5, es before, and e much narrower intermediate section 31 by which theindicator section .is connected to the card body and o'llset forwardlytherefrom.

:in the forni shown in Fig. 6, the sheath hee the rearwardly sindinwardly bent relips o, c endc, c, the parts c5 and c5 not overlapping'each otheras in 2 short of each other as shown. ln this forni the eerdused `should have the opposite. folds so spaced epa-rt that theintermediate section 632 is of sulli'eientbreadth to `extend from thebottom of the sheath up over the :ind thence inwardly bent as ininea-'nee cator section being offset from the body of the card. asbefore toward the front face c of the sheath.

ln any of the forms the body oi the card extends outward from the sheaththrough the space between the retaining lips and the indicator sectionI), formed by the opposite folds near the margin ot' the card, andconnected `to the body of the card and ofi'set therefrom by theintermediate section constitutes the *supporting means by 1which thecard is removably attached to the sheath,

The terni card as used throughout the specification and claims is usedto denote a sheet of cardboard, paper, or any suitable material Whetherconnnu'atively thick or thin and is not to be construed as a term oflimitation signifying necessarily a sheet o'f cardboard or likecomparatively stili ma* terial.

I claim:

l. An index device comprising a sheath having retaining lips, and a cardhaving two parallel and opposite Yiolds near one margin, forming anindicator section the front face of which is termed otthe front face ofthecard, and an intermediate scction by which the indicator section isconnected to and oiisct from the body ot' thc` card, the indicatorsection being removably held within the sheath, and the body ot the cardextending outward from the sheath through the space between theretaining lips.

2. An index device comprising a sheath having retaining lips, and a cardharing two parallel and opposite folds near one margin, forming anindicator section the4 front face oi' which is iormed of the iront faceof the card, and an interniediatc section by which the indicator sectionis connected to and offset from the body of 'the card, the indicatorsection being removably held Within the sheath near the trout thereof,and the body ot the card extending out- Ward from the sheathl throughthe space at the rear of the sheath between the retainingl lips.

3. An index device comprising a sheath having retaining lips, oneoverlapping the other at the rear side of the sheath, and a card havingtwo parallel and opposite folds near one margin, forming .an indicatorsection the front face of which is formed of the front face of the card,and an intermediate section by which the indicator section is connectedto and oi'set from the body of the card, the indicator section beingremovably held within the sheath near the front thereof and the body otthe card extending outward -ing removably held within the sheath and thebody of the card extending outward from the sheath through the spacebetween the retaining lips.

An index device comprising a sheath having inturncd retaining lips lyingsubstantially parallel and overlapping each other, and a vcard havingtivo parallel and opposite folds near one margin, forming an indicatorsection the front face of which is Jf'orn'led of the front face of thecard, and an intermediate section by which said indicator section isconnected to and offset from the i body of the card, said two sectionsbeing of substantially the same breadth and being both held in the spacebetween the front ia ce of the sheath and the forward inturned Y lip,and the body of the card'extending outward from the sheath through thespace betnein the two lips.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts,-

this :5th day of July, 1916.

Jai/ins H. RAND...

